The Washington critic., 1887-04-25
WASHINGTON, APRIL %, 1887.


WASHINGTON, APRIL q, 1887.
THE Critic adhCrcs to its original
position, that whatever the President
may have said about a second term, II
he has said anything at oil to any Sen
ator, was spoken with sincerity and in
the freedom of private conversations
that the ut,crance meant what 1t said
a disinclinntiou to bear the burdens Of
the Presidculinl Office another term,
equivalent to "A determination ia his
own mind not 10 stanl Cor rtclecian,
Such conclusion Is ,' course sIbjeH'
To reconsideration A denomination
might 1e demanded in such t,rns jhr
Nj. Cleveland cwIi ult relust 10.
As 10 his saying .r writing apythiIg
in the natgrr of . ''r"rr,' II nos Il
tttsonuh uppn-. iu re u.ips,iy
docs not eAisl .pr .mh 8u exhibition.
The exhibition Itself Nuuli he uuligui-
fled, uGsiatcsmanlIhr politically un-
wise. MIR Cley,lIni, we conclude,
will how 10 the will Of his party sopaer
than stuhbornly oppose it, but would
prefer not 10 be rcnomiuated,
THE remains " Peter 5 Nry, who
came To North Carolina in 1916 aud
taught school in that State for a nun.
her Of years, are to be cNbumed on the
I'd Of May for the purpose of finally
settling the question whether, as many
North Carolinians still believe, he was
not the celebrated French Marshal who
surrendered with the rest of Napoleou's
army after Waterloo. The skull of
Marshal Ney had been trephined aud
the object of the eXhumation Is to as.
certain whether there are marks of such
an operation on the Uranium of the
mysterious exile who died and was
buried in the old North State. Ac-
cording to well authenticated history
Marshal Ney was executed for treason
in 1916, but there Is tradition that,
like Soult and Grouchy, he escaped
the vengeance of the restored Bourbon
king by flight and shortly afterward
made his way TO America.
THE District Commissioners have
done the best they could under the cir
cumstances towards securing new
quarters, and the public generally will
probably be satisfied with their choice.
The Smith building Is not quite so
central as the present location, but
there's only the difference of two or
three squares: the i street cars run in
close proximity 10 It, and two other
lines pass near by. Ii will answer well
enough until Congress extends the
necessary relief. which will doubtless
he done at the next session. so that
work upon the new District buildings
may be commenced with the opening
of another year.
IT is thought at Richmond that Sir
Edward Thornton, as the represents
tive of the British holders of Virginia
bonds, will be convinced upon investi.
cation, that the Riddlebcrger settle.
ment (3 per cent. on see 900 ,O00) Is the
limit of the States ability to pay, The
question of security for the interest
will be the most serious and perpleXlng
one, the people generally being oppose 1
TO making the coupons receivable for
taxes. II may be necessary To enact
furtl er legislation, making some
special provision for interest pay
ments.
POSTMASTER. GENERAL MCCLELLAN of
the Dominion of Canada is considering
the establishment of parcel post sys-
TEN between Canada and the United
States. 1t Is something much to be de-
sired, not only between the two couu.
tries mentioned, but between the United
States and Mexico, The subject is
referred to and well treated In the first
annual report of Mr.. Nicholas NJ. Bell,
the Superintendent of Foreign Mails,
and 1t is to be hoped will come up for
legislative action next winter.
MIR. WILLIAM DoRsHEMER of New
York is said to be the man who induced
the President TO withhold from the
public letter announcing In unquali-
fed terms that he would not be can
didate for re election. This is prob.
ably the letter which Smith Weed said
was to appear about the 1st Of June.
We don't take much stock In either
story. The correspondents are evi.
den,ly determined to make the p'Nsi.
dent sick Of his office, wheth, ,e
really is 50 or not
THE Boston JouH1l advises business
men who find them,rlgrs injured by
new railroad regulations "to look into
the matter for themselves and sec no Y
far 1t Is the law. and how far it is the
greed or the caprice of raliioad man,
ayers which is responsible"
THE death bed insurance business
which had big run in Pennsylvania
several years ago Is now become one
Of the leading industries Of Michigan.
The Legislature is just now engaged
in an investigation of the swindle.
SAYS tie New York STIR this morn.
ing; "Tne report about the Presi
dents determination to decline the
nomination next year has resulted in
another demonstration Of his immense
strength with his party and with the
country"
AFTER all that has been said in re.
gard to the Presidents non acceptance
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